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奥さん (おくさん, okusan) is a JLPT N5 noun meaning “(honorable) wife”.
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Example sentences 12
彼の 奥さんはきれいな 方です。
His wife is beautiful.
彼は 奥さんより 年下です。
He's younger than his wife.
原田さんは奥さんに高いコートを買われた。
Mr. Harada's wife bought an expensive coat (and he is unhappy).
山田部長の奥さんはなかなか（の）美人だ。
The wife of our departmental chief Yamada is quite a beauty.
ボブの奥さんは料理もしなければ掃除もしない。
Bob's wife does not cook and does not clean (the house), either.
田中は大学にいる時（に）今の奥さんと出会った。
Tanaka met his present wife when he was in college.
吉岡さんは奥さんに離婚された上（に）仕事まで失った。
Not only was Mr. Yoshioka divorced by his wife, he also (literally: even) lost his job.
何でも山本さんは奥さんと別れて、一人で暮らしているそうですよ。
I don't know for sure, but they say that Mr. Yamamoto has separated from his wife and lives alone.
奥村さんのうちはご主人が無口なのに反して奥さんが 人一倍のおしゃべりだ。
In Okumura's family, whereas the husband is quiet, the wife is very talkative.
A:あの人は奥さんですか。 B:うーん、と言うか、恋人みたいなもんです。
A: Is she your wife? B: Well, actually, (I'd say) she's something like a lover.
子供が五人もいて、それもいたずら盛りの男の子ばかりなので、野口さんの奥さんは毎日大変忙しいです。
Because she has as many as five children, and moreover, they are all very mischievous boys, Mrs. Noguchi is extremely busy every day.
ジョンは奥さんのことをちっとも 褒めない。時々口をきかないこともある。だからと言って、奥さんを愛していないわけではない。
John does not praise his wife at all. Sometimes he doesn't talk with her. But it doesn't mean that he doesn't love her.